New Kituwah Academy
Bilingual Cherokee- and English-language immersion school in North Carolina, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The New Kituwah Academy (Cherokee: ᎠᏤ ᎩᏚᏩ ᏧᎾᏕᎶᏆᏍᏗ, Atse Kituwah Tsunadeloquasdi;[6][7] gi-DOO-wah),[8] also known as the Atse Kituwah Academy,[9] is a private bilingual Cherokee- and English-language immersion school for Cherokee students in kindergarten through sixth grade,[10] located in Cherokee, North Carolina,[11] in the Yellow Hill community of the Qualla Boundary.[9] It is owned by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI),[12] and operated by the Kituwah Preservation and Education Program (KPEP).[13][14]
New Kituwah Academy ᎠᏤ ᎩᏚᏩ ᏧᎾᏕᎶᏆᏍᏗ | |
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Address | |
60 Waterdam Road , , 28719 United States | |
Coordinates | 35°30′04″N 83°18′37″W |
Information | |
Motto | "Kituwah First"[1] |
Opened | 19 April 2004 (2004-04-19)[2] |
Status | Open |
Authority | Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians |
NCES School ID | A1302201[3] |
Principal | Crystal Carpenter[4] |
Enrollment | 98[5] (2018) |
Accreditation | Southern Association of Colleges and Schools |
Website | https://ebcikpep.com/ |
The school is part of a larger effort by the EBCI to save and revitalize the endangered Cherokee language by creating immersion and other language-learning opportunities;[15] it also instills Cherokee cultural pride.[16]
The word kituwah (ᎩᏚᏩ) is used by the Eastern Cherokee to refer to both themselves and their language; it can also mean "center" or "mother town" depending on context.[8] New Kituwah is independent from the Cherokee Central Schools at Qualla Boundary.[17]